NB if you are interested in accessing the Taubman Workshop with John Bloomfield that occurred on July 13 2019, please contact therese.milanovic@gmail.com
Paul Myatt interviews John Bloomfield and Therese Milanovic at APPC 2019
APPC 2019 AMEB Technical Exercises Presentation notes
So thrilled after many hours of preparation to have a full house at Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference to hear my talk on the AMEB technical exercises (part 1). Thank you also to Edna Golandsky and John Bloomfield for their invaluable insights…
Short interview with Mary Moran
TM: Mary, we’re all looking forward to your presentation on Chord playing coming up soon, beamed online from Upstate NY, which will be relevant to pianists and teachers of all levels. In addition to very advanced students, you also teach a…
Short interview with Robert Durso
TM: Bob, we’re so looking forward to having you join us for a live-streamed broadcast from your studio in Philadelphia. It’s also great that you have been presenting day and weekend workshops in the US, and making them available online…
Interview with John Bloomfield July 2019
John, it’s exciting that you’ll be here soon for your fourth visit to Australia, this time as Keynote Speaker for APPC 2019 among a wonderful array of topics and presenters. What do you hope people will take away from your…
What can I expect from the July 13 Taubman Approach workshop with John Bloomfield?
We have planned a rich day of learning, with a focus on practical information that you can immediately take home and try in your own hands, and add to your toolbox of strategies for helping your students. You’ll learn principles…
A retraining success moment to share: Jolene
Jolene is a wonderful example of someone who has courageously changed her life from being limited by injury and pain, to coming out the other end of retraining to play more advanced repertoire than she could before, pain free, and…
A little ray of Moonlight shining through Chopin’s Fantasie Impromptu
I’ve had the great pleasure of working with a wonderful student through the retraining process over the last year or so. By wonderful, I mean positive, curious, interested, engaged, intelligent, and spent her energy keeping diligent and careful notes on…
The composer speaks: Part 2
Recently I was involved in a fascinating exchange with a composer. I was working with a student on a piece that contained some frankly unplayable measures in the current form. Now, it’s one thing to nut out difficult writing: I’m…